Questions in Amos – 8:2

8:5
saying,
  “When will the New Moon  be over
 that we may sell grain,
 and the Sabbath be ended
 that we may market  wheat?” —
 skimping on the measure,
 boosting the price
 and cheating  with dishonest scales,

8:6
buying the poor  with silver
 and the needy for a pair of sandals,
 selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

8:8
“Will not the land tremble  for this,
 and all who live in it mourn?
 The whole land will rise like the Nile;
 it will be stirred up and then sink
 like the river of Egypt.

9:7
“Are not you Israelites
 the same to me as the Cushites?”
 declares the Lord.
 “Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
 the Philistines  from Caphtor
 and the Arameans from Kir?

[Message No: 6931]